Abortion is the brutal, intentional killing of an innocent human child in the womb. It is a barbaric practice that has no place in a civilized and compassionate society.

In America, more than 2,000 babies are aborted every single day, either by chemical means or through gruesome, surgical procedures. (And those are just the ones we know about! Several states do not even report abortion numbers.)

Chemical Abortions

During a chemical abortion, women usually ingest two different pills. The first is mifepristone (RU-486), which stops the body from making progesterone and starves the baby who needs that hormone to stay alive. The second pill is misoprostol, which induces labor and forces the body to expel the now dead baby. Chemical abortions are performed up to 10 or 11 weeks of pregnancy in America.

Surgical Abortions (D&C and D&E)

At 12 weeks pregnancy, a surgical abortion is usually required. What type of surgical abortion depends on gestational age and the size of the baby.

  • Aspiration or Dilation & Curettage (D&C) – If the baby is deemed small enough, a suction catheter is inserted into the mother’s uterus and her baby is torn apart as the pieces of his body are vacuumed out. The uterus is scraped with special tools to make sure no pieces remain. Aspiration abortions are done as late as 14 weeks pregnancy. 
  • Dilation & Evacuation (D&E) – The mother’s cervix are dilated and her baby is painfully dismembered by using special tongs with teeth that can grab onto hands, legs or other body parts and tear them from the uterus. The head often has to be crushed in order to finish removal. This type of abortion is done well into the second trimester. 

Induction Abortion (Often Called Late-Term)

During this type of abortion, an injection is used to stop the baby’s heart, labor is induced, and the mother delivers her dead baby. In America, this type of abortion can be done through the whole ninth month of pregnancy for any reason – a woman’s life does not have to be in danger to choose this procedure. 

There have been many documented instances in which babies have been born alive during induction abortions. Babies born alive have been stabbed, strangled, or left alone in a room to die. One of the most prolific serial killers in American history is Kermit Gosnell, an infamous abortionist who was convicted in 2013 of these very types of killings committed in his licensed Philadelphia abortion clinic.

Though induction abortion is the procedure most commonly associated with “late-term abortion,” Operation Rescue defines “late-term” as any abortion performed in the second or third trimester, when the baby has grown too large for first trimester procedures like abortion-inducing drugs and aspiration.

According to polls as recent as 2023, the majority of Americans do not support abortion in the second or third trimester, yet abortion remains available in our nation though all nine months and protected by our federal government.

To find out more about late-term abortion, click here. 

Photos of Abortion Victims

The gallery below contains photos of actual aborted babies. We post these images to help everyone understand the humanity of the baby in the womb and the necessity to criminalize abortion.

If we continue to allow the killing of these innocent, defenseless children in the womb, what’s to stop the same brutal force from being used on the rest of us at different stages of development? The same mishapen logic that justifies abortion is also used to justify euthanasia, genocide, and other atrocities. It must end now.